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N. KASDAN ET AL VANITY BOX Filed Sept. 13

Jan. 22 1924.

Jan. 22 1924.

N. lKSDAN ET AL VANITY BOX AIES- MSLSM /PAEN'E' ENCE,

NATHAN KASDAN, OF NEW YORK, AND DANIEL POLLACK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,

ASSIGNORS TO MAJESTIC MACHINE & TOOL CO., INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A COR- PORATION OF NEW YORK.

VANITY BOX.

application led September 13, 1923. Serial No. 662,394:

To all known t may'concewi:

Be it known that we, NATHAN KASDAN, a citizen of Russia, and a resident of Bronx, in the county of Bronx, city and State of New York, and DANIEL PoLLACx, a citizen of the United iStates, and a resident of Brooklyn,

New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vanity Boxes, of

. which the following is a specification.

- The invention pertains more particularly to vanity cases or boxes comprising a body portion and a cover portion hinged thereto, the body portion usually holding a powder compact and the cover portionl a mirror.

The invention resides in novel means for detachably securing the compact within the body of, the box and for latching the cover of the box in closed position in a `manner permitting said cover to be opened without injury to the nail or finger of the person using the box. V

The body and cover of a vanity box must close tightly so that there may be no leakage of the powder particles, and vanity boxes as commonly constructed are provided with a projection on the side of the body to engage a shoulder or recess, inthe adjacent portlon ofthe cover for latclnng the cover 1n closed position, and the cover at sald shoulder or recess is formed with a pressedout lip against which the thumb nail is usually applied to .force the tightly fittingV` cover open. The use of the lat-ch construction just described frequently injures the thumb nail, and one object of our invention is to remedy this objection by providing a push-button spring-latch construction which will hold the Acover in firm closed position but permit of the convenient release, of the 4cover by light pressure of the ball of the thumb applied against the exposed head of the push-button.

The means for securing the compact in the box preferablyY has as a part thereof," the spring for the latch which secures the cover in closed position, and said means consists of a metal strip engaging the. inner side walls of the box below an annular inset shoulder common 'to vanity boxes and having spring fingers below which the edges of the compact are pressed and which prevent the accidental .displacement of the compact but permit the 'remnants of the coinpact; and the metal plate carrying the same to be jarred from the box when a new compact isto be placed therein. The aforesaid metal strip is continuous and is not intended to be removed after being once positioned in the box, and said strip is rigidly held against the inner side walls of the box by reason of the fact that its ends engage rigid abutments or abut against each other, so that there can be no material sliding action of the strip on said walls. The compact securing strip is in each instance made' of a definite length to lit the box to receive it, and at the inner front said strip to constitute a spring and catch,

the spring having a push-button secured thereto and the catch being adapted to engage a shoulder on the cover to hold the cover closed, said shoulder bein-g the usual `shoulder at present on vanity-box covers and said push-button being extended through an opening in the side of the body of the box and exposedv at its outer end to-Vbe pressed against when it kisf-desired to release said catch from said shoulder.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a top view, in open position, of a vanity case embodying our invention;

Fig. 2 is a central vertical .transverse section of the same, on a larger scale, taken on the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 6 and looking toward the inner front portion of the box;

Fig. 3 isa like section through'the same taken on the dotted line 3-3 of Fig. 6 and looking toward the inner back portion of the y box;

Fig. 4 is a detached view of the strip, in its initial form, employed within the body of the box for holding the compact therein .and affording a spring catch for engaging section through the box taken on the dotted line G-G of Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary horizontal section through a portion of the box, taken on the dotted line 7-7 of Fig. 3;

L., msn/sii Fig. 8 is a. vertical section through a portion of the box taken on the dotted line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, through the body portion of `a vanity box-embodying our invention in modied form; n

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary vertical section through a broken away portion of the box 10 taken on the dot-ted line 10-10'of Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a view partly in front elevation and partly in central vertical section and 'f partly broken away, of a further modified embodiment of our invention, the modification being at the ends of the strip and adjacent portions of the body of the box and being due to the fact that the cover of the box is secured to the body thereof by an external hinge instead of by a hinge whose knuckles are formed out of the metal of said cover and body, this latter construction of hinge being shown in Figs. 3, 6, 7, 8, 9

and 16, and the external form of applied hinge being represented in Figs. 11, 12, 14 and 15;

Fig. 12 is a vertical section through a portion of the same, taken on the dotted line 12--12 of Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 is a horizontal section through a fragmentary portion of the same taken on the dotted line 13-13 of Fig. 1l;-

Fig. 14 is a horizontal section through a fragmentary portion of a vanity box eniploying a compact securing strip modified as to its end portions from the construction of strip shown in the preceding figures of the drawing, this form of strip being applicable for boxes having the exterior hinge shown in Fig. 12, and the ends of the strip being @10 arranged to abut together instead of being in the separated relation shown in Figs. 3,

for illustration, abutting against a knuckle of a hinge, Fig. 14 being a section taken on thedotted line 14-14 of Fig. l5;

Fig. 15 is a lvertical section through a fragmentary portion of the body of the box indicated in' Fig. ,14 and illustrates in front `elevation the end portions-of the compact securing strip;

Fig. 16 is a view corresponding with Fig.

15 but illustrating the end portions of the` compact securing strip as abutting against .the knuckle of a hinge instea'l of against each other, Fig. 16 vshowing a. slight modification from the construction presented in Figs. 3 and 7, and

Fig. 17 is a perspective view of a fragmentary portion of a strip, intended for very shallow boxes requiring that the spring-fingers for holding the compact shall be turned down from the upper edge of the Jstrip instead of projecting downwardly from, the lower edge thereof In the drawings, referring to Figs. 1 to 8 ,inclusive illustrating one embodiment of that the strip 32 shall our invention, 20 designates the body portion of the box, and 21 the cover therefor, said body portion containing a powder compact 22 and the cover 21 a mirror 23 held therein by means of a suitable bezel 24. llhe body portion 20 has upwardly extending vertical sides 25 and the cover 21 has a downwardly extending skirt 26 adapted to seat uponan inwardly offset annular shoulder 27 formed in the sides of the body portion 20, as shown in Fig. 2. The body portion 20 and cover 21 are connected at their back edges by a hinge of any suitable kind permitting said cover to be conveniently opened and closed in the usual manner. In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive the lower back edge of the skirt 26 of the cover has integrally formed with it a sleeve 28 (Figs. 6 and 7), and -the side of the body 20 has, at said sleeve 28, an inwardly pressed horizontal knuckle or loop 29 which receives the sleeve 28 and also the pin 30 which is inserted through said sleeve 28 and loop`29 from the inner side of the box, so that the ends of the pin 30, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7, extend beyond the opposite edges of the sleeve 28 and lie within the body 20, whereby said pin 30 is enabled to connect the cover with the body of the box and peiniit said cover ,to be opened and closed at will. The hinge just described is usual in this art and is specifically referred to because of its cooperative association with a form of our invention, and for convenience of description said hinge may be called an internal hinge to distinguish it from the equally well-known externally applied hinge 31 shown in Fig. 12. The internal hinge is also shown, without change, in Figs. 9 and 16, and the parts of the hinge will be numbered in said figures correspondingly with Figsl6, 7 and 8 to avoid unnecessary repetition of description.

. In respect to Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive, our invention pertains to the strip 32 and box features cooperating therewith, said box features in themselves mainly being old, with the exception of the aperture 33 formed in the front of the body 20 to receive the push-button or knob 34 connected with a portion of said strip 32. The compact 22 is also of well-known character and is secured upon a known form of'base-plate 35, which rests upon the bott-om of the body 20.

The strip v32 is in one continuous piece of sheet metal, and in the construction shown in Figs. l to 8 inclusive, said strip is of such length as to closely fit against the inner walls of the body 20, below the shoulder 27, from one vertical side edge of the hinge knuckle or loop 29 to the other vertical side edge of the same, it beingv intended recisely, within reason, tit the body 20 andP at its ends abut A therein and not by reason of any spring ten- .riti

sion that may be generated vin the strip by folding it into circular outline. At its end portions the strip 32 has depending members 36, which serve as supporting legs for the ends of the strip, said members at their lower ends engaging the bottom of the body 20, and which members at their outer edges abut against the side edges of the loop 29 below the pin 30. The members 36 are formed with pressed out lugs 37 below which one edge of the compact-plate is inserted when the compact is introduced into the body 20, as hereinafter explained. At its ends the strip 32 is longitudinally slit -for a short distance and the metal below the slits is bent rearwardly on angular lines to form prongs 38 which when the strip 32 is in position, project below7 the ends of the pin 3() and thereby in cooperation with said pin, prevent the ends of the strip 32 from escaping upwardly from position (iFigs. 3, 7 and 8); the metal above the aforesaid slits abuts against the ends of the inner fold of the sleeve 28. Suit-ably near each end thereof, the strip 32 has supporting legs 39, which engage the bottom of the body 2O and cooperate with the members 36 inpreventing downward movement of the end portions of the strip 32. At its middle portion the strip 32 is formed with an elongated section 4() which lines the front portion of the body 20 and also engages the bottom of said body as a support for that portion of the strip. rlhe section 40 has a longitudinal tongue 41 slit therein, and the free end of this tongue has a hook-member or catch 42 extending upwardly therefrom and within a vertical recess 43 formed in the upper front portion of the body 20 (Fig. 2), said catch being provided to engage the cover 21 and lock the same in closed position, as explained hereinafter.

rllhe strip 32 between the legs 39 and the front section 40 is formed with depending spring fingers 44 having surfaces which curve inwardly toward the chamber of the body 20, as shown, and these spring lingers permit the compact-plate 35 to be forced by and below their cuived surfaces', and thereupon said surfaces or humps releasably locir the compact against the bottom of the body 20.

On the free end of the tongue 41, which forms a latch spring, is riveted the pushbutton or 'head 34 and this head projects through the aperture 33 in the front of the box.

rlhe cover 21 in the front of the skirt `26 has a lip 45 slit and pressed outwardly therefrom, and this leaves a shoulder 46 in position to be engaged by the catch 42 when the cover is closed, as shown in Fig. 6, the engagement of said catch with said shoulder serving to lock or latch the cover 21 in closed position. When it is desired to open the cover 21 the button or head 34 is pressed inwardly in opposition to the resistance of the tongue 41 until the catch 42 is .free of the shoulder 46, and thereupon the cover may be readily opened on its hinge. Ordinarily the cover of this class of vanity cases has been opened by the upward pressure of the thumb-nail against the lip 45 to free the shoulder 46 from a lug on the body 20, and this objection is remedied by our invention.

ln the employment of our invention, we first introduce the strip 32 into the body 20 and thereafter apply the compact 22 to position in said body. In introducing thel tioning the compact the same is slanted1 downwardly 'and rearwardly and its rear edges are inserted below the lugs 37 on the ends of the strip 32, and thereupon the A body of the compact is pressed downwardly against an'd below the inwardly projecting ico curved surfaces of the spring fingers 44 and against the bottom of the body 2 0, said inL gers serving, in'cooperation wit-h the 'lugs 37, to hold the compact against said bottom.

After the compactl has been substantially- 4used up', the remnant thereof and base-plate 35 may be jarred-from the body 20 by turning said bod up'side down and striking one edge thereo against the palm of the hand or other surface, the curvature of the spring fingers allowing, under this jarring action, the plate 35 to pass by them, and thereafter a new compact may be positioned within the body 20 in the manner before explained.`

corresponds with the strip 32 of Fig. 4,

except that instead o-f having the spring tongue 41 to carry the push-button or head, the push-button, numbered 51 in Fig. 3,

is fastened to the body of the strip below the catch 52. lin order that the strip 50- may yield somewhere when the button is pressed inwardly, we leave the strip slightly free of the sides of the body 20 near its end portions, as at 53. 'llhe body 20 shown in Fig. 9 is the same as the body 20 of Fig. 1, and the end portions of the strip 50 are identical in construction and opera-tion with the end portions of t-he strip 32.

The box shown in Figs. 11, 12 and 13 has a customary exterior hinge 31 secured vby bent-over lugs 54 to the body, numbered 55, and also to the cover, and in consequence of the hinge being externalwe form in the rear side portion of said body, inwardly pressed lugs 56 to serve-as abutments for the ends of the strip 32 and outwardly pressed lugs 57 to provide recesses to be engaged by the prongs 38 of said strip. The strip 32 of Figs. 11, 12 and 13, is the same strip shown in 4.

In Figs. 14 and 15 we show a m'odified form of strip, numbered therein 58, applicable to a box having an exterior hinge 31, and in this modification the strip is made of such length that when placed in the body of the box, the ends of the strip will abut against each other, insetad of against abutments provided on the body of the box. The end portions of the strip 58 are apertured at 59 to receive the lugs 54 of the hinge 31, said lugs serving to hold the ends of the strip down. rl`he strip 58 except at its end portions, is the same as the strip 32 of Fig. 4.

ln Fig. 16 we show a strip 6() whose ends abutagainst the loop or knuckle O61 of an interior hinge, said strip 60 being the same as the strip 32 of Fig. 4 except that it is not slit at its end portions and has not the prongs 38 of. Fig. 4. K

In Fig. 17 .we show a portion of a strip G2 intended for very shallow boxes. This strip will closely fit the walls of the box, as described with respect to Fig. 4, and at its lower edge will rest on the bottom of the box instead of having depending supporting legs. The spring-fingers 63 of the strip 62 are turned downwardly from the upper edge of the strip and otherwise are the same as the fingers 44 of Fig. 4. r1`he strip 62 has t-he same operation as the strip 32 and also has the spring-tongue and push-button of Fig. 4. The strip 62 is intended for very shallow boxes in which there is no room for the depending supports provided on the strip shown in Fig. 4 and no space for the fingers 44 depending from the lower edge of the strip, and hence we turn the spring-fingers 63 downwardly from the upper edge of the strip.

. The inventlon and the method of employing the same have been fully described herenbefore and it is believed that further ias-Lari explanation as to the details of the modifications is unnecessary.

`What we claim V,as our invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. vanity box comprising a body, a cover and a strip for retaining a compact in said body, said strip tting against the side walls of 'said body with its ends against abutments and having spring-fingers against and below which the compact may be forced, said fingers serving to retain the compact in position.

2. A vanity box comprising a body having a shoulder below its upper edge, a cover and a strip for retaining a compact in said body,

said strip fitting against the side walls of.

said body below said shoulder with its ends against abutments and having spring-fingers for retaining the compact in position.

3. A vanity box comprising a body having a shoulderbelow its upper edge, a cover and a strip for retaining a compact in said body, said strip fitting against the side walls of said body below said shoulder with its ends against abutments and having spring-fingers for retaining the compact in position, said fingers having curved projecting portions against and below which thebase of the compact may be forced and which allow said base to be jarred from the body when the saine is to be replaced by a fresh compact. i'.

4. A vanity box comprising a .body having a shoulder below its upper edge, a cover and a strip for retaining a compact in said body, said strip fitting against the side walls of said body below said shoulder with its ends against abutments and having springfingers for retaining the compact in position, said strip having a fixed stud below which one edge of the base of the compact may, when the base is inclined, be inserted and said fin ers having projecting portions against and elow which the said base may then be forced to position.

5. A vanity box comprising a body'having an aperture in its front wall, a. hinged cover having a 'shoulder in its front wall above said aperture and a strip for retaininga compact in said body, said strip ttmg against the side walls of said body with its ends against abutments and having springfingers for retaining the compact in place, an upwardly extending catch to engage said shoulder when the cover is closed and a push-button extending from the strip outwardly through said aperture in said body for releasing said catch from said shoulder when the cover is to be opened.

6. A vanity box comprising a body having an aperture in its front wall, a hinged cover having a shoulder in its front wall above said aperture and a strip for retaining a compact in said body, said strip fitting against' the side walls of said body with its .ends against abutments and having spring-lingers for retaining the compact in position and a spring-tongue Jformed with an upwardly extending catch to engage said shoulder when the cover is closed and having a push-button below said catch and extending through said aperture in said body for releasing said catch from said shoulder when the cover is to be opened.

7. A vanity box comprising a body having an aperture in its front wall, a hinged cover having a shoulderin its front wall above said aperture and a strip for retaining'a compact in said body, said Strip itting against the side walls of said body with its ends against abutments and having spring-fingers for retaining the compact in position and a spring-tongue longitudinally slit from the front portion of the strip and having on its free end an upwardly extending catch toengage said shoulder when the cover is closed and a push-button extending outwardly through said aperture in said body for releasing said catch from said shoulder when the cover is to be opened.

8. A vanity box comprising a body having an aperture in its front wall, a hinged cover having a shoulder in its front wall above said aperture and a strip for retaining a compact in said body, said strip fitting against| the side walls of said body withits ends against abutments and having springfingers for retaining the compact in place, an upwardly extending catch to engage said shoulder when the cover is closed and a push-button extending from the strip outwardly through said aperture in said body for releasing said catch from saidcshoulder when the cover is to be opened, said body having below its upper edge a shoulder below which said strip is placed and said strip being supported on the bottom of said body and said spring fingers having curved survfaces against and below which the base of the compact may be orcedand which allow said base to be jarred from said body when the same is to be replaced by a fresh compact.

9. A. vanity box comprising a body having an aperture in its front wall, a hinged cover having a shoulder in its front wall abovel said aperture and a strip for retaining a compact in said body, said strip itting against the side walls of said body withl its ends against abutments and having springfingers for retaining the compact in position and a spring-tongue longitudinally slit from the front portion of the strip and having on its free end an upwardly extending catch to engage said shoulder when the cover is closed and a push-button extending outwardl through said aperture in said body for re easing said catch from said shoulder when the cover is to be opened., said body having below its upper edge a shoulder below which said strip is placed and said Strip being supported on the bottom oiisaid body andsaid spring lingers having curved sur- `l'aces against and below which the Vbase of the compact may be iorced and which allow said base to be jarred from said bod)Y when the same is to be replaced by a fresh compact. y

10. vanity box comprising a body having a shoulder below its upper edge, a cover and a strip for retaining a compact in said body, said strip iitting against the side walls of said body below said shoulder with its ends against abutments and having springfingers for retaining the compact in position, said strip havingsupporting members at its ends and front engaging the bottom of said body and said spring-fingers being at opposite sides of said front supporting member and having curved projecting portions against and below which the base of the compact-may be forced and which allow said base to be j arred from the body when a fresh compact is desired.

l1. A vanity box comprising a body having a shoulder below its upper edge` a cover and a strip for retaining a compact in said body, said strip fitting against the side walls of said body below said shoulder with its ends against abutments and having spring fingers for retaining the compact in position,

said strip'being supported on the bottom oi said body and having its two ends at the back portion of said body and formed with fixed studs below which one edge of the base of the compact may, when the base is inclined, be inserted and said spring fingers being at opposite sides of the front portion of said' body and having projecting portions against and below which said' base may then beV forced to position and which thereafter permit the base to be removed without dis.- turbing said strip.

l2. A vanity box comprising a body having an aperture in its iront wall, a hinged cover having a shoulder in its front wall above said aperture., a strip for retaining a compact in said body and means for rigidly retaining said Strip in and against the side wall of said body, said strip having springfingersV for releasably retaining the compact, an upwardly extending catch to engage said shoulder when the cover is closed and a push-button extending from the strip outwardly through said aperture in said body for releasing said catch from said shoulder when the cover is to be opened.

13. A vanity box comprisinga body having an aperture in its front wali, a hinged cover having a shoulder in its front wall above said aperture, a strip for retaining a compact in said body and means for rigidly retaining said strip in and against the side wall of said body, said strip having springngers for -releasably retaining the compact and a spring-tongue formed with an upwardly extending catch to engage said shoulder when the cover is closed and having a push-button below said catch and extending through said aperture in said body for releasing said catch jroin said shoulder when the cover is to be opened.

'14. A vanity box comprising a body having an aperture in its front wall, a hinged cover having a shoulder in its front wall above said aperture, a strip for retaining a compact in said body and means for rigidly retaining said strip in and against the side wall of said body, said strip having springfingers for releasably retaining the compact and a spring-tongue longitudinally slit from the Jfront portion of the strip andl having on its free end an upwardly extending catch to engage said shoulder when the cover is closed and a push-button extending outwardly through said aperture in said body for releasing said catch from said shoulder when the cover is to be opened.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 6th day of September, A. l). 1923'.

NATHAN KASDAN. DNDEL POLLACK. 

